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Physician-Pain Medicine (Physical Integrated Medicine Service)
Veterans Health Administration · Charleston, South Carolina · Closes in 331 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, The public.
The job is open to the public, but applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Non-citizens may be appointed only if qualified citizens cannot be recruited. The posting also lists current VA federal employees as eligible.
Experience: Preferred, not required: 1 to 2 years of clinical experience, including interventional pain procedures. The announcement does not give a required amount of experience or a federal grade level.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or an equivalent degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine from a school approved by VA. You also need completed residency training in an accredited core specialty program that leads to board certification eligibility. Some exceptions exist, such as for certain residents and rare cases approved by the facility and VISN directors.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or D.C.
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 331 days (September 30, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
The announcement may close before its stated closing date if the position is filled through other means.
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You will be rated on how well you meet the listed qualifications. Your application, resume, CV, and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or omissions may affect consideration.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Submit a CV or resume that shows your degree, residency, licenses, and clinical experience, including any interventional pain procedures.
- Check that your identification is REAL ID compliant, since non-compliant driver's licenses are not accepted for onboarding.
- If you claim veterans' preference, attach your DD-214 and select the preference option in the questionnaire.
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